Hoping that you all believe that the only stupid question is the one not
asked... I got a bunch of really good ones.....
I am looking for a solid state mobile/portable/base amp that will perk along
at about 1500 to 2kw PEP out. But I can still use it at ca 400W for MARS.
I work mostly 75 and 40m and occasionally 20m ham, SSB..
Wandering around the internet to include the bane of my fellow shooters --
ebay
I ran across a FATBOY amp 700W HF, Hidrive (WHAT????), base amp.
being auctioned off. This eventually sold for half MSRP iow about $200.
Now, that 700W out is about a nice mobile kicker but what in the devil is
SWING and DRIVE and a few other things.??
Also, is this what is called a CB Amp? iow, only good for 10m (of course that
would never be used on 11m would it?? naaah!). or can these be used for the
full amateur bandplan???
I then searched on FATBOY and found several sites like Redman CB and a
Mexican site called ALA or Amateur Linear Amplifier . The latter sells all
kinds of brands to include FATBOY such as Texas Star, Powerplate, Palomar,
RMI, Silverstreak, etc. I assume all of these are junk and very few of them
meet FCC Class C or is that B?? specs ???
Prices are good as well as those for some of their power supplies. but it is
wasted money if the product is unusable on HF. ham bandplan.
I assume that I should move along towards other amps instead but I have always
had a prediliction for home built by talented hams in their garages. one such
is the Skywalker by RF Electronics. any comments on that ???
that is enough to get my education started SWING??? sheesh but then what
the heck is a "drain line". ?? are these just slang expressions used
instead of the proper English? HiDrive allows the amp to be excited by 3 or
4 watts.... yeah, that is a tip off as to what it is going to be used for.
hihi
TIA and again, pardon my ignorance. just cannot find the Amps for Idiots
book. on ARRL.
73/chas
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K5DAM Houston EL29fu AAR6TU
aar6tu@mac.com
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